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plucking

/ˈplʌkɪŋ/

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verb

قطف، نتف

To pull something sharply; to pull something out

Examples :

"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."

انتزعت الهاتف من حقيبتها واتصلت.

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verb

انتزع، اقتلع

To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

Examples :

"The teacher was plucking students from the hallway and bringing them into the classroom after the bell rang. "

كان المعلم ينتزع الطلاب من الممر ويدخلهم إلى الفصل بعد رنين الجرس.

action situation

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verb

عزف، نتف

To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

Examples :

"Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."

بينما يضرب البيانو الوتر، يعزف العود عليه.

music sound entertainment action

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verb

نتف

To remove feathers from a bird.

Examples :

"After hunting the duck, my grandfather spent an hour plucking its feathers before cooking it. "

بعد اصطياد البطة، أمضى جدي ساعة في نتف ريشها قبل طهيها.

animal food bird action

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verb

نهب، سلب، سرق

To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

Examples :

"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."

نهب اللص الشهواني ضحاياه حتى ملابسهم الداخلية، أو الجذابات حتى النهاية.

property action

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verb

عزف الوتر باليد

To play a string instrument pizzicato.

Examples :

"Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."

قد يتسبب عزف الوتر باليد على آلة القوس في قطع الوتر.

music entertainment

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verb

نتف، قطف

To pull or twitch sharply.

Examples :

"The nervous student kept plucking at a loose thread on his shirt during the exam. "

ظل الطالب العصبي ينتف خيطًا سائبًا من قميصه أثناء الامتحان.

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verb

الرسوب، السقوط

(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.

Examples :

"After failing his final history exam, he was worried he would be plucking. "

بعد رسوبه في امتحان التاريخ النهائي، كان قلقًا من أنه سيرسب.

education degree

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verb

اقتلاع

Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.

Examples :

"The glacier is plucking rocks from the mountain, slowly carving out the valley as it moves. "

يقتلع النهر الجليدي الصخور من الجبل، وينحت الوادي ببطء أثناء تحركه.

geology geography environment nature

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noun

القطف، النتف

(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.

Examples :

"The plucking of eyebrows is a common beauty practice. "

نتف الحاجبين ممارسة تجميلية شائعة.

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noun

قطعة، نتف

A fragment of something obtained by plucking.

Examples :

"After the fight, there was a plucking of fur left on the carpet where the cats had been battling. "

بعد القتال، كان هناك نتف من الفرو متبقيًا على السجادة حيث كانت القطط تتقاتل.